Early Childhood Focus

State Offers Way For Parents to Check Into Child Care

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:27:45 PST

Parents can now search an online database of Wisconsin's 5,700 licensed child-care centers that lists how often each center has violated state laws or been fined in the prior two years.

Encouraging High Quality Child Care

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:37:32 PST

Every day in Wisconsin, about 163,000 children under age 6 are in some form of regulated child care. Of those, about 59,000 have their child care fees subsidized by the state at a cost of over $300 million a year.

Child Care Providers Get Contract

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:16:32 PST

Professional, licensed in-home child care providers who pulled together as a union in April 2007 have reached a landmark deal with the state that provides new rights and a formal role in the regulatory process for providers represented by the union.

Opinion: Let's Get Together to Make Child Care Great

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:09:10 PST

Dear Editor: April 13-19 is the Week of the Young Child, a time to focus on the needs of young children and their families.

Opinion: State Needs Child Care Ratings

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:51:13 PST

Wisconsin is one of the worst states in the nation at tracking and deterring problems with child-care centers.

Taking Top-Notch Care to Families in Need

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:16:22 PST

What many would call going "above and beyond the call of duty" is simply business as usual at Next Generation Now, a non-profit child care and family support center.

Survey: State has least affordable infant care

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:42:49 PST

When their two children were in full-time child care, Marsha and Chris Kasper had been paying out about $1,400 a month to an Appleton child care center.

Child Care Most Expensive In Wisconsin

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:04:47 PST

Wisconsin is one of the most expensive states when it comes to the cost of child care. The cost of daycare in the state can be down right crippling.

Shortage of licensed child care lamented

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:44:04 PST

After the death of a baby girl at an unregulated Madison home day care provider, child-care experts say there 's a shortage of competent care for the very young. And they 're urging parents to consider the benefits of using often costlier regulated day care providers because the quality of unregulated care can vary widely.

Proposal to cut $70 million in child care costs rejected

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:58:15 PST